A child’s first fear, I’m told, is the fear of falling. It’s the fear one has coming fresh from the womb, before the outside world has showcased all its other instruments of terror.On Jan. 7, a vehicle stopped at the peak of the Dauphin Island Bridge, which spans the waters between the Mississippi Sound and…
The Handley Tigers earned the title of county basketball champions. And they made it look easy on top of that. Handley outscored their opponents-Woodland and Wadley-by a combined total of 139-54. After last year’s disappointing showing in the county tournament that saw the Tigers bounced from competition after a first-round loss to Wadley, the Tigers…
IN RE: MELVIN LEROY BAILEY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Melvin Lamar Bailey on the 21st day of December, 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present…
WADLEY – Roanoke native Susan Salatto’s presidency at Southern Union State Community College has been slammed for “extraordinarily bad management” by Chancellor Bradley Byrne who was brought in to clean up the two-year college system. He placed her on leave last Thursday and she is facing termination when the State Board of Education meets Jan.…
Go ahead. Turn on the TV and watch the evening news on any given night. Check all your internet news sites throughout the day. Daily newspapers, magazines, radio stations-it seems like nothing but stories about murder, corruption, kidnappings or whatever the latest trendy threat to the American way may be. Sometimes you just need an…
The Randolph County Alabama Democratic Conference proudly presents its annual city-wide Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration, Monday, Jan. 21, at 5 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, located at 372 Waller Mill Road in Roanoke. Dr. Randy B. Kelley is an activist pastor and politician. Kelly was born in Birmingham, graduated from Leeds…
A fire in the wee hours of Monday morning destroyed a home in Roanoke’s mill village. According to Bill Ford, chief of Roanoke Volunteer Fire Department, the call came in at 1:35 a.m. to Williams Street home of Johnny and Rhonda Roberts and their daughter. The home is a total loss. Also damaged were two…
For the second year in a row, the Handley Lady Tigers proved why they are the elite team in Randolph County by winning the county basketball tournament in Woodland. Handley had an easy go of things in the opening round of the tournament with a 78-30 win over a young Randolph County team. But the…
Last week was not a good one for Randolph County’s image. On Tuesday Roanoke’s mayor was indicted by a grand jury on charges of violating state ethics and bid laws, and on Thursday Southern Union’s president was placed on leave after an investigation cited numerous problems at the county’s two-year college, including some apparent bid…
CARROLLTON, Ga. – An investigator testified in Magistrate Court Wednesday of last week that the suspects in the death of an elderly Bowdon, Ga., man described to him how they attacked the victim. Magistrate Judge Alton Johnson ruled in Wednesday’s hearing that there is enough probable cause to send the case of the suspects, Amanda…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 11:30 a.m. The Randolph County chapter of the AARP meets for a Dutch treat lunch at The Galley Restaurant, Roanoke. A tour of the new Roanoke Justice Center will follow lunch. 2 p.m. U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby…
Goodwill has been a part of this community for 14 years this year, and if Jane Nichols has her way, it will continue, but unless the donor rate increases, the doors will close by May. The average donor rate for most stores is 5.0, although it fluctuates, but it remains steady here at .6 per…
Did you catch the news the other day? The League of the South, which bills itself as “the premier organisation (yes they spell it that way) of the Southern independence movement” held its “Second North American Secessionist Convention” up in Chattanooga. (I wonder what vaulted them up to “premier” status, since best I can tell…
The Alabama Cooperative Extension System Randolph County Office will offer the Master Gardener course this year (2008) in Heflin. This program trains volunteers to assist neighbors, friends, and their communities in gardening, beautification, landscape and other projects. The program is open to anyone interested in increasing their gardening knowledge. Master Gardener candidates will receive more…
WADLEY – Two Wadley men were arrested in connection with the bust of a crank lab northwest of Wadley on Friday afternoon. George Alvin “Slack” Anderson, 47, of 1754 County Rd. 838, Wadley, was charged with possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), four counts of distribution of a controlled substance, first-degree unlawful manufacture of a…
A Randolph County grand jury convened by the state attorney general’s office indicted Roanoke Mayor Spec Bonner last week on 26 criminal counts which included 11 counts of ethics law violation; two counts of violation of public works law; one count of failure to disclose conflict of interest; 10 counts of conflict of interest in…
Cheating has always been a problem in school, but it is no longer just students cheating … state school systems are doing it, too. The Pangloss Index, released in November, draws attention to the fact that state boards of education are misrepresenting academic progress in their schools. Under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), states were…
(ROANOKE) Services for Ann Jackson Rushton, 81, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Steve Baccus officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 3:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Rushton died…
David Bronner has been a great asset to Alabama. Even discounting the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the refurbishing of downtown Montgomery and Mobile and the many other investments the Retirement Systems of Alabama has made in the infrastructure of our state, Bronner stewardship improving the solvency of our public retirement systems has been his…
(SENOIA, Ga.) Mary C. Langley of Senoia, Ga., died Jan. 13, 2008. Services will be held Friday, Jan. 18, at 3 p.m. EST at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Senoia with remains placed instate at 2 p.m. The Rev. Dennis Smith, Rev. James B. Dykes and Dr. Bill Brannon will officiate. Interment will follow in…